I Spent 6 Months Building A Native Ios And Macos App To Save Anything From Anywhere Into Categories, Because I Was Sick Of Screenshots Cluttering My Camera Roll.

TL;DR: Built a native SwiftUI app that lets you save anything from any app into organised categories using the Share Sheet. Screenshots don't touch your camera roll. iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac. 1,000+ downloads in the first 3 days from a single Reddit post.

The Problem

My wife and I both have ADHD. When we were expecting our first kid, we were researching everything. Prams, sleep routines, car seats, recipes, you name it. At the same time I'm running a business, saving marketing ideas, tools to try, advice I actually want to come back to.

The result was the same every time. Screenshots buried in the camera roll between 400 photos of the dog. Bookmarks that only work for web links. Notes app lists with zero context. Safari tabs left open for weeks. WhatsApp messages to myself. A Reading List I stopped checking in 2021.

I'd say "I saved that somewhere" and then spend five minutes trying to find it. Half the time I'd just give up and Google it again.

I taught myself Swift a couple of years ago and this was the problem I kept coming back to.

What I Built

Stash sits in your Share Sheet (iOS) and Share Extension (macOS). Anywhere you can tap or click "Share," you can send it to Stash. Links, photos, screenshots, videos, social posts, locations, notes. Two taps, pick a category, done. Back to what you were doing.

The key difference from everything else: when you save a screenshot into Stash, it doesn't save to your camera roll. Your photos stay clean. Your saved content stays organised.

Core Features

Smart Save

• Save from any app through the Share Sheet or Share Extension
• Screenshots save to Stash only, not your camera roll
• Links, photos, videos, notes, locations all supported
• Drop into a category or let it land in your inbox

Search That Actually Works

• Text on image search, so you can find screenshots by the words in them
• Search across all your stashes and categories instantly

Shared Family Stashes

• Live shared stashes between family members
• We use ours for holiday planning, house stuff, and baby gear research
• Syncs in real time across everyone's devices

Organisation

• Move items between categories in bulk (select 20 things and move them all at once)
• Send snapshot links of entire stashes to anyone
• Export your stashes whenever you need to
• Built in to do list, so when you find something you want to act on later, you can flag it

iCloud Sync

• Everything syncs across iPhone, iPad and Mac through iCloud
• No account needed, no server of mine involved, your data stays yours

Why Not the Alternatives?

• vs Pocket: Only saves web links. Can't save screenshots, photos, or content from apps like Instagram or WhatsApp.
• vs Raindrop.io: Powerful for web bookmarks, but not built for saving photos, screenshots, or random content from any app on your phone. Also requires an account.
• vs Safari Reading List: Web links only. No categories, no sharing, no image search, and half the time it just doesn't load the page.
• vs Apple Notes: You can dump anything in there, but good luck finding it three weeks later. No image text search, no proper categorisation, no shared collections that sync properly between people.
• vs Pinterest: Boards work for visual content but it's a social platform, not a personal organiser. No links, no screenshots, no to do list, no privacy.
• vs Screenshots in Camera Roll: This is what most people actually do, and it's chaos. No search, no categories, everything mixed in with personal photos. Stash fixes this completely.

Where It's At

Launched 3 days ago. 1,000+ downloads from a single Reddit post. The Mac version is still being polished and there are some minor bugs with family sharing that should be ironed out in the next patch. Everything else is solid and I'm actively shipping updates.

Built entirely in SwiftUI with SwiftData. iCloud sync via CloudKit. No Electron. No web wrapper. No third party frameworks in the core app. Native on all three platforms.

Pricing

Free on the App Store. No account, no sign up. You get 100 stashes free. If you like it, one time purchase under $10. All devices, for life. Every future feature included. No subscription.

www.stashanything.com

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758998468

Would genuinely appreciate honest feedback from this community. What works, what's missing, what would make you switch from your current setup. This is very much shaped by user feedback and I'm shipping updates constantly.